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    • Tony 13
      Tony 13 last edited by

      I guess this is an issue in the underlying Tom Tom maps. But how do they decide on town names? The example below is of Mons or Bergen in Belgium.
      I might be unlucky and this example is just a language thing. But i have noticed it before that the map emphasis seems to be a random suburb of a large town and the "real" town name is shown in a tiny font. This can be confusing enough to make you check the route is going where you expect.
      The screen shots are using Tom Tom and OSM.Mons part 1.jpg Mons part 2.jpg

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      • richtea999
        richtea999 last edited by richtea999

        @Tony-13
        It is a langauge wrinkle, because Belgium is multi-lingual:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons,_Belgium
        Mons (French: [mɔ̃s] ⓘ; German and Dutch: Bergen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrɣə(n)]

        The Michelin layer is always the French spelling.

        HERE is Dutch, hence Bergen from them.
        TomTom is Dutch = Bergen.

        I did see a change from Mons to Bergen on one map when zoomed, but I couldn't repeat it, which I agree is a bit odd.

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        • Erdna
          Erdna @Tony 13 last edited by

          @Tony-13

          It seems that this happens a lot, not only with MRA. For example, Polarsteps always displays "Leghorn" instead of Livorno. I don´t know what logic they use.^^

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